Sealing means.



I'. A. WINSLOW.

SEALING MEANS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 001210, 1907.

` 938,193. Patented o@t.26,19o9.

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F. A. WINSLOW.

SEALING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 1o, 1907.

938,193. Patented o@n.26,1909.

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s pecillcation of LettersIatentJ-j Battedvot. l2-6,1909.'- applicati@mandaba-10,1907. .Serialia'sw l A l To all wlw/1i 'it may concern: y

Be it known that I', FRANCIS A. ViNsLow,`

a citizen of the United' States, residing at Chicago, `in thefcounty ofCook and State 5 of Illinois, have 'invented a certainl new and usefulImprovement in Sealin Means, 'of which the following i's a. full, c ear,concise,'

and exact description,lreference part of this specification.

My invention relates to means for sea the meeting edges of windows,doors an A and the like, built of metal. y

One way of sealingthe meetingl edges has been to provide rooves inthe'surfaces of the movable mem r, in which grooves strips of felt orother material are insertedand'- secured, the ends projecting andengaging the frames. Other s1m1lar arran ements have also been used, butthey have a proven ineiicient as their utility is soon destroyed.

The felt soon loses its elasticity or wears away, and there beingonl-y asingle band of weather material its weathering qualities are soon lost.other objection is that where a weather strip is inserted within a-groove, it must be placed very securely 30. 'therein in order that 1twill not pull out in opening and closure of the movable member. It isusually secured inthe groove by being glued or by'means of screwspassing are used, the engaging surface of the strip v is broken anddestroyed, and where lue 1s used as a securing! means, it is veryiiticult to remove the 'strip when it is desired to replace it.

by clamping strips which are smaller than' the groove, the ends of theweather material strips extending beyond the edge ofthe movable memberto form several weather to the accompanying drawings, formmgfiavv'material exten outwardly and engaging i' 3' linvention. y v l throughthe weather material. Where screws The purpose of'my invention is,irst'to provide more than one band of weather mabands.-

very simple and eicient way is to surround `the-.movable member bchannel irons .havi their flange exten outwa-rdly. Within the grooves ofthe channel irons having'a smaller section than the 60 channel irons aresmaller .channel irons ar- {ranged with itheir flanges extendi inwardlyand thel weatherfstrip :mateIi-igal is arranged betweenthenchannelfirons and clamped to thejlarger. channel irons by. the'A iwith'the.surroun twolfweather` bands orfbead's The drawings-w' @learn illustratemyl iframe to' form Figurel 1 -shows affrontl view ofk a window toVwhich my invention a plied;l Fi v2isA a-sectional viewftakenonlme 24-2vo Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows a` modified arrangement, and Fig. 4 showsanother modified arrangement. and 2-the upper part ofthe frame and thesides may be of channel irons 1 of suitable size, while the sills orbase 2 of the frame I have `shown ofv special design, having the innersill part 3 and the outer, ,c lower sill part 4, the window en agingbetween the upper channel iron am? the inner, sill 3. The windowsash-body is built up of channelirons 5.- These irons may be four innumber and mitered andvsecu'red together. at their ends, or the entiresash bcdyscanbe formed of one piece of channel iron in any suitablemanner, these channel irons being disposed with their anges 6 extendingout--` wardly. Within the sash body are two rims or frames 7 -and 8composed of angle iron which are secured, as by means of screws 9,' tothe inner face of the sash-body along one flange 10, and whose otherflanges 11 are disposed opposite each other,v as shown, to form a groove12 for receiving the glass 13. By removing enough oli'the angle irons onone side glass can readilgiv be inserted or re-v moved. Surrounding thesash body and disposed within its channel are clampin strips or bars 14,also in the form of channe l irons. 4The dimensions of the channelstrips 14 are such that when they are -in'placeA 'within the channels ofthe irons 5, there will be the flaring grooves 15 and 16 between theflanges ofthe channel-irons, and the space 17 between the endsoftheiianges 18 of the channel strips 14 and the web of the channelirons 5.' Thefouter faces of the strips 14 110 aoY rima'rily` in theform of ordinary strips of elt, rubber or other suitable material." Theclam ing bars .14 are removed and the .'wea er strips' laid in the mainchannel `irons'5, whereuomthe clamping channel irons are inserte withinthe weather ystr1 s` and secured to the main channels, as y means ofscrews 20, drawing up' of the screws causing the weather material to besecurely-clamped in place, the clamping action being mainly between theends of,"

flanges 18 and. the'web of channel irons 5. The widtl'i of the feltstrips may primarily be such that after they have been inserted 'theextendingg v bands or bea time retain its elasticity and weathering I:

to clam `thel ac between the channel irons they will project beyond thechannel irons a distance 'greater than the space between the sash andthe frame, so that when the sash' is inserted in the rame'the weathermaterial will be com'- pressed' into the Haring grooves 15 and 16, endsormingtwoweather thus compressed,

21. Beinthe weather-material w' for a very long ualities, thus :forA along time a tight weather lit between the sash and w1n ydow frame.` Thesash to which I have shown my invention applied is o f'the swingingA sle, the sash being shown fromY es 22 .secured tothe side of the frame.-A stop 23 may be slprovided on the frame for receiving the sa ingclosed. With this arrangement, when the sash isto baop'ened it is swunginwardly .over the sill. The lower part of the frame 1s most exposed tothe weather, and auxiliary weather means may beprovided; l have shownthis auxilia means -in the form of'a Afla 2 4 which is pivoted` by meansof suitab el pivots 25 to the lower Achannel section of thesash bcdyfl Astrip.2 6 -of'steelvis provided to form a hood over the flap and outer.face of' thelower -sill section, to. prevent access of moisture, dirt,etc. between the has' inv place as shown,- b insertin its inner edge uner the outer ower ang e 1ron sec tion.'V

` The construction and, arrangement as'describedare sim le but eiiicient'and durable. The entire sash 1s built of stock material-and' isthereore comparatively inexpensive. In`

the arrangement oftheacking, as shown the weather protecting e ciency isincr at least two-fold over the prior arrange- .Y ments infwhich but:one strip ofl packing is vbeap employed. The same' arrangement may alsohed to sliding andv pivoted windows mstea of toswinging windows, shown,and also todoors and the 30, rectangular c .forming the body part oftheSometimes the sash is very narrowa'nd s'uicient space would not beavailable for may not be necessary. In Figs. 3 and Zinthe. sash- 27' isof the orm shown and has a rectangular groove 28 aboutits periphery 1nwhich the weather strip 29 is applied'extending'along the bottom and oneside thereof, to form a sin le weather bead orband asneipingstrips -31being shown'in F ig. 3 as u. material vin the ove, while 1n Fig. 4 theto clamp the .weather- 'two weather. bands or beads, or two bandsclamping strip 1s in the form. of channel" irons 32, the strips 31 and'32 being secured to the sash part as. by means of screws 33.Other'arrangements are also possible, which fwould still come within thescope of' my in-f :vention.

. l' desire to secure the following claims K Letters Patent:

1. ln devices of the described, the

combination of` a window-frame, a window sash for engaging ill-saidframe, the .body` part of" the sashof the' window being -of 'channeliron with its flanges extending outwardly, resilient packing materialwithin ythe channel' irons', and clampingsframes en-` gaging the channelirons to' form grooves havingoutwardly divergent sides material therein.

2: In devicesv o 'the described, the

of' the sash o the window being iolme of channel irons withltheirflanges extendin packing materialdisposed w1 the flanges devices o Atheclassffjf ascribed, the' combination offthe window-frame, a' wie,n dow100 outwardly, secured to' the interior o 4the sash bodyforreceivingresilient channels of the sash "to onveshivigj 'outwardil .di-'ve tsides. for clamping "i therein packm materia'lits flangesextenoutwardly, two rims of `angle iron secured at one'flange to the in andchannel. This hood can4 easily behel .l

tenor ofthe main sash part, the other anges f the rims forming a oveLfor receiving window pane clampinginembers inthe nel irons and thesides of the frame. p

4x4-In devico e class described, vthe combination of a window frame, a'window sash for 'moving in the frame', channel irons resilient packingmaterial u uhm the channel irons and havingtwo edgesextending outwardlyto form twol weathervbeadsv about the window, Vand clampn stripsengaging in and` securedto the chann windowV sash, s

' vergent sides and to clamp therein the packing material.

5. Indevices of the class described, the

combination of a window frame, a window sash therein, the body part ofthe sash ofthe window being formed of channel iron with its iia'ngesextending outwardly, clamping members in the form of .channel irons ofsmaller dimension than the main channel irons and adapted to engagewithin the main channel irons to form therewith a groove, packingmaterial disposed in said groove with its' ends extending outwardlybeyond the main flange ends and into engagement with the sides of thefra-me, and means for securing .the clamping members to the main flangesto clamp the packing material in place. t

(3. As a means for closing the aperture between a movable frame and itsinclosing casing, agroove in the periphery of the frame,

tween a movable frame and its inclosing casing, a groove 1n theperiphery ofthe frame, a strip of folded resilient material' secured insaid groove by'a clamping member con# g tained in'said fold, saidclamping member so conformed that its sides and the adjacent sides ofthegrooves are outwardly divergent, the edges Vof said strip projectingbeyond the frame to engage the easing when the -frame is 1n a closedposition in the easing, said engagement serving to compress saidresilient material into the openings betweenA said clamping member andthe frame. 'I

8. As a means for closing the aperture be tween la movable frame and itsinclosing casing, a groove in the periphery of the frame, eompressiblematerial in saidgroove, clamping means for securing saidmaterial at ornear the bottom of .the groove, the walls adjacentto said material beingdivergent so vas to permit compression of said material between themwhen the frame is in a closed position in the casing. v In witness'whereof, I hereunto subscribe myv name this 2nd day of October A. D.,190

FRANCIS WINSLOW.

Witnesses:

CHARLES P. SAxE, PHILIP G. CARTER.

